WASHINGTON – Coping with reduced funding by state governments and other sources, public television stations are pursuing diverse options ranging from mergers and consolidation to dropping PBS network programs. As reported in early July, funding cuts led to the demise of the New Jersey Network of PBS stations, which were merged into New York's WNET. The station had earlier acquired WLIW on Long Island, so currently, WNET controls PBS programming on stations well to the east and south of New York City. New York is not unique: San Francisco's public television station, KQED, acquired KTEH, serving San Jose and the……
Month: July 2011
Over There With George M. Cohan
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif.–This prosperous enclave on the cliff overlooking Santa Monica Bay has many virtues, and one of the big ones is a great hometown Fourth of July parade. For more than three hours, folks sit on the curbs or on lawn chairs and watch America go by. Bands and Boy Scouts, firemen and bagpipers, veterans from half a dozen wars, politicians, beginning with the mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, and more flags than you can count, most of them probably made in China. There was even a young man walking the streets passing out "Muslims for Peace" brochures…….
Suro in Maynard – Immigration
Faculty Fellow Roberto Suro was featured in an article on the Maynard Institute website. Speaking with USC's Dowell Myers, Suro said a battle between the federal government and the states over who would lead in enforcing immigration laws in the workplace had "finally been settled" by courts in favor of the states. The conversation in which Suro was taking part was about forging a new social contract between the aging Baby Boomer generation and immigrants to the US…….
Anawalt in Nieman – Engine 28
The Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard published an article on their website on Engine28, featuring Faculy Fellow Sasha Anawalt. Named for the converted firehouse where the journalists set up shop, Engine28 is the product of an NEA-sponsored fellowship program overseen by Anawalt…….
Seib in Christian – Social Media & ME
"From China to Yemen to Tunisia to Egypt, social media has given ordinary citizens extraordinary ways to organize themselves and be heard," said Faculty Fellow Philip Seib in article in The Christian Post. "This has destabilized 'politics as usual' bringing volatility to an already unstable world."……
Bennis in Smart Company – Feminine
Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis suggests "too many CEO's are bosses not leaders," according to the article "The rise of feminine in business." The article citing Bennis can be found in Smart Company (AU)…….
Shearer in Oxy.edu – Obama Foreign Policy
Under the leadership of Senior Fellow Derek Shearer, students at Occidental College in Los Angeles produced a new report documenting the attitudes towards the United States from around the world. Obama and the Rising Powers: The Occidental College Report can be downloaded from oxy.edu…….
Bennis in BNET – Leadership
BNET cited Distinguished CCLP Fellow Warren Bennis regarding people who face hardship and emerge as stronger leaders as a result…….
NJ Public Television Signs Off; Other PBS, NPR Stations Threatened by Cuts
WASHINGTON — While the nation celebrated the holiday weekend of independence, New Jersey's public television network signed off for the last time and many other PBS stations around the US may soon follow suit. The reason: cuts in funding from state governments across the country. As I had written about on the blog last December, NJN has finally come to the end of its broadcasting days. The final New Jersey newscast on NJN was Thursday night. At its end, viewers saw a simple sign, "New Jersey Network. April 5, 1971 – June 30, 2011." As of that night, 130 employees……